Comparison

Osterrig Light vs Hinge Counter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Osterrig Light

Control professional lights and Osterrig devices via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Adjust colors, warmth, brightness, and activate effects. Create timer scenarios and group fixtures for advanced lighting control.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth device control
  • Wi-Fi Art-Net control
  • Color, warmth, and brightness adjustment
  • Built-in lighting effects
  • Fixture grouping
  • Timer scenario creation
Features
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With this application, you can - control professional lights and Osterrig devices via Bluetooth; - control any devices using the Art-Net protocol via Wi-Fi and CRMX/RDMX converters. You can change the colors, warmth and brightness of the fixtures, and turn on various effects. It supports adding fixtures to groups, as well as creating timer scenarios.

About

Hinge Counter

Track your foldable phone's daily openings with this app. View your total openings, daily averages, and historical charts. Customizable widgets display your saved totals on your home or lock screen.

Highlights
  • Daily opening totals
  • All-time opening records
  • 7-, 30-, and 90-day history charts
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Data export (CSV)
  • Backup and restore functionality
  • Offline use
Features
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Keep a personal record of your foldable phone openings, with daily totals, clear history charts and widgets. HOW COUNTING WORKS The foreground sensor records a complete close-to-open movement while Hinge Counter is active on an iPhone Duo running iOS 27.1 or later. On iOS 27.2 or later, you can select Shortcuts in Settings and create one opening-only automation with the Record Opening action. Each successful action run adds one Shortcuts entry, including when you run it by hand. Choose one counting method at a time. Earlier folds and missed runs cannot be recovered. This is not a 24/7 counter or a device-lifetime measurement. YOUR OPENINGS, AT A GLANCE See today's recorded openings, your all-time recorded total and a daily average. Sensor observations, Shortcuts entries and manual entries appear separately. SEE YOUR HISTORY Explore 7-, 30- and 90-day charts, or choose All to browse every saved date. Older history does not expire. Longer spans use monthly or yearly chart totals, with daily records still available. The daily average includes zero-count days and today, beginning when your record was created. WIDGETS FOR YOUR SAVED TOTALS Choose all-time, today, this week or this month widgets on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Weeks follow your device’s first-day-of-week preference; months use local calendar dates. Widgets are snapshots: they do not monitor the hinge, and refresh timing is controlled by iOS. KEEP CONTROL OF YOUR DATA Use the counter without an account or internet connection. There are no ads, tracking or third-party analytics SDKs. Export daily history as CSV, back up your record as JSON, restore a backup or erase your saved counts. Device backups and files you choose to export remain under your control. AN UNSAVED DEMO Try simulated hinge openings in a separate demo that never changes your saved totals. Manual entry is available only in development builds; any manual entries in restored history remain clearly labeled. Devices without a supported hinge can try the unsaved demo. Designed with dark mode, adjustable text sizes and an adaptive interface. Counts describe activity recorded by this app, not hardware health, remaining hinge life, warranty status or folds before installation. No hinge durability rating is assumed. Independent software; not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple. iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc.

Screenshots

Osterrig Light4 screens
Hinge Counter1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Osterrig Light at 63% against Hinge Counter's 0%. Osterrig Light also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Hinge Counter's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Osterrig Light ships an update every 6 weeks, Hinge Counter every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Osterrig Light versus Hinge Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOsterrig LightHinge Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVordgrupp, OOOWEB3 FZCO

Customer experience

Osterrig Light

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral37.5%
Negative0.0%

Hinge Counter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Osterrig Light

No in-app purchases

None

Hinge Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Osterrig Light free?
Osterrig Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hinge Counter free?
Hinge Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Osterrig Light or Hinge Counter have ads?
Neither Osterrig Light nor Hinge Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Osterrig Light or Hinge Counter?
Osterrig Light ships an update every 6 weeks, and Hinge Counter every 6 days. Most recently, Osterrig Light was updated on November 3, 2026 and Hinge Counter on November 10, 2026.

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